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HookersNL

Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
291K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
4
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2019
HookersNL

Breach History

HookersNL
Oct 2019Critical
291K
Records exposed
4
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In October 2019, the Dutch prostitution forum Hookers.nl suffered a data breach which exposed the personal information of sex workers and their customers. The IP and email addresses, usernames and either bcrypt or salted MD5 password hashes of 291k members were accessed via an unpatched vulnerability in the vBulletin forum software.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernames
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
PasswordsHigh risk
UsernamesLow risk